All Gotu Kola articles
- Centella in Formulation: Cica Cosmetics, Nootropics and Grade Choice Buyer's Guide
How Centella asiatica extract is formulated across cica cosmetics, nootropics, beauty-from-within and circulatory formats — which triterpene each needs, solubility, colour and grade selection.
- Gotu Kola Adulteration, Species Confusion and Heavy-Metal Risk Comparison
How Centella asiatica extract goes wrong — Hydrocotyle substitution, the brahmi name ambiguity, triterpene weighting to meet a total, and heavy-metal accumulation from wetland collection.
- Gotu Kola Extract: A Complete Buyer's Guide Buyer's Guide
Buyer's guide to Centella asiatica extract — why a total-triterpene figure conceals what you bought, TECA ratio vs total, madecassoside for cica, the brahmi name problem and wetland heavy-metal risk.
- How to Qualify a Gotu Kola Supplier: A Scored Checklist Buyer's Guide
A scored checklist for qualifying a bulk Centella asiatica supplier — triterpene split reporting, heavy-metal control for a wetland accumulator, species identity and red flags.
- The Gotu Kola Market: How Cica Reshaped a Traditional Herb Market
How the cica cosmetic boom transformed demand for Centella asiatica, why cosmetic and nutraceutical buyers want different triterpenes, wetland supply constraints and India's position.
- Triterpenes, TECA and How Centella Is Standardised Testing & Quality
Technical guide to Centella asiatica standardisation — asiaticoside and madecassoside glycosides, their aglycones, why a total conceals composition, the TECA ratio specification and HPLC method design.
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